Microbial growth inhibition by alternating electric fields in mice with Pseudomonas aeruginosa lung infection

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3212-3218

  Giladi, Moshe ^a   Porat, Yaara ^a   Blatt, Alexandra ^a   Shmueli, Esther ^b   Wasserman, Yoram ^b   Kirson, Eilon D ^b   Palti, Yoram ^b,c  

^a Matam Advanced Technology Centre   (Israel)

^b Novocure GmbH   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME;

ADOLESCENT; ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEATING; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PSEUDOMONAS PNEUMONIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTAZIDIME; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955348089     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01841-09     Document Type: Article

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